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Released prisoners met by family after Ukraine-Russia exchange – video
Kyiv and Moscow each released 35 prisoners in a dramatic exchange that resulted in freedom for 24 Ukrainian sailors taken captive by Russia. The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, was on the runway at Kyiv’s airport to greet the released prisoners and there were emotional scenes as family members were reunitedLong-awaited...
MH17 suspect among prisoners swapped by Ukraine with Russia: Dutch government
Ukraine has included a man suspected of involvement in the downing of a Malaysia Airlines flight over eastern Ukraine in 2014, which killed 298 people, in a prisoner swap with Russia, the Dutch government said on Saturday. …read more Source::...
Russia, Ukraine swap prisoners in first sign of thawing relations
Russia and Ukraine carried out a long-awaited prisoner swap on Saturday in a step that could thaw a deep freeze in relations since Moscow’s annexation of the Crimea region in 2014. …read more Source::...
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy: Prisoner swap first step in ending ‘horrible war’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said an exchange of prisoners with Russia on Saturday was the first step in a process to end the conflict in Ukraine’s Donbass region. …read more Source::...
Russia and Ukraine swap prisoners in first sign of thawing relations
Russia and Ukraine began a long-awaited prisoner swap on Saturday in a step that could ease bitter tensions over Moscow’s annexation five years ago of the Crimea region. …read more Source::...
Long-awaited Russia-Ukraine prisoner exchange begins
Each country releasing 35 prisoners in biggest exchange since start of Crimea conflictA long-awaited prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine got under way on Saturday morning, Russian state media said.Details of the exchange have been kept under wraps, but it is believed that both countries will release about 35 prisoners. Russia is expected...
‘I longed for the moment you would write’: the gulag penpals whose love lasted 60 years
Vladimir was sentenced to 10 years’ hard labour. Ivanna was Prisoner 108, and his secret correspondent. She looks back on a love affair with a man she never metIn 1953, a young Ivanna Maszczak trudged through the Siberian labour camp in which she was serving a 10-year sentence. She was 28 years old, 5ft tall, and hungry. Her shoes were wet...
Planes leave Moscow and Kiev in Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap
A plane with Ukrainian markings has taken off from Moscow’s Vnukovo airport on its way to Kiev as part of a prisoner swap operation, a Reuters witness and Russian news agencies reported. …read more Source::...
Russia and Ukraine swapping prisoners in landmark exchange
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Detained Ukrainian sailors waiting for flight from Moscow -lawyer
All 24 Ukrainian sailors detained in the Kerch Strait last year are waiting for a flight from Moscow’s Vnukovo airport, their lawyer Nikolai Polozov told 112 TV on Saturday. …read more Source::...
